Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is one of the primary steps
for smart grid optimization. To understand the customer needs and
to fulfill them in an effective manner, involvement of both
consumer and utility companies is essential, which has led to
implementation of AMI. Both federal and state governments are
implementing AMI systems, which not only reduce cost but also
provide other benefits at customer and operational level, such as
more effective theft intrusion and detection, personalized tariff
plans, improved service quality and easy bill options. Integration
of AMI technologies into existing system is growing rapidly; still
there are some challenges that hinder the implementation of AMI
such as standardization, regulatory control and technological
barriers.This analysis is carried out on the basis of:
HardwareSolutionsUsersApplicationsServicesExecutive Summary:
Regulatory mandates, the urge for energy conservation and grid
modernization initiatives drive the Advanced Metering
Infrastructure (AMI) market. AMI has taken Automated Meter Reading
(AMR) one step further by improving customer engagement activities
through two-way communication. While
smart meter deployments will save operational cost for
utilities along with improved non-technical loss identification
like theft/tamper detection and outage notification, AMI systems
will also allow for consumer bill savings by means of Time of Use
(TOU) billing.

Major AMI vendors such as Itron and Landis+Gyr are focused on
providing end-to-end integrated services to utilities from hardware
and network endpoints to MDM, system integration and managed
services. Although the AMI implementation cost is heavily dominated
by hardware endpoint, system integration, meter data analytics and
MDM as a Service market is expected to grow.

The AMI market life-cycle widely varies region-wise, while the
North America (NA) region is expected to see a slowdown in smart
meter shipments through 2013 to 2018, a surge is expected in AMI
professional and Information Technology (IT) related services and
solutions such as system integration and meter data analytics in
NA; Europe (EU) is expected to hold the largest AMI market share in
2018 followed by the APAC region. This report forecasts the global
AMI market to grow from $15.89 billion in 2013 to $28.45 billion in
2018. This represents a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.4%
from 2013 to 2018.Key Topics Covered: Click the link below to view the full
extended table of contents
1 Introduction
2 Executive Summary
3 Market Overview
4 AMI: Market Size And Forecast In North America (NA)
5 AMI: Market Size And Forecast In Europe
6 AMI: Market Size And Forecast In Asia-Pacific (APAC)
7 AMI: Market Size And Forecast In Latin America (LA)
8 AMI: Middle East And Africa (MEA) Market Size And Forecast
9 AMI: Analysis, Trends And Insights
10 Competitive Landscape
11 Company Profiles
AclaraCisco Systems, Inc.Cooper Power SystemsEchelon CorporationElster Group SeGeneral ElectricIBMIskraemecoItron,IncLandis+Gyr AGSchneider Electric SA.SensusSilver Spring Networks,IncTieto CorporationTrilliant,IncBadger MeterKalkitechKamstrupMaster Meter SystemsNURI TelecomOnzoOsisoftTendrilFor more information visit
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Laura Wood, Senior Manager.